Projectile device equipment adaptor

ABSTRACT

An adaptor adapted to be removably connected to a part selected from the group consisting of a scope, a Picatinny rail, a Weaver rail and a projectile device, the adaptor including a U-shaped housing comprising a mouth defined by two edges at a first end, a second end disposed at an opposing end from the first end, an inner engaging surface extending from each of the two edges towards the second end within a space defined by an opening of the U-shaped housing, each of the inner engaging surfaces is resilient with respect to the housing and includes at least one profile such that when coupled together, the inner engaging surfaces form a pair of engaging surfaces to secure the adaptor to the part.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. The Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an adaptor for securing an equipment toa projectile device. More specifically, the present invention isdirected to an adaptor for securing a scope, beam emitter, and the liketo a projectile device.

2. Background Art

Numerous locking mechanisms have been made available to adaptors forsecuring various equipment to projectile devices, e.g., rifles,shotguns, pistols, etc. Many adaptors have been designed to requireseveral additional interfacing hardware on projectile devices andequipment to be mounted to the projectile device to allow the adaptorsto function as connectors connecting the equipment to the projectiledevices. In addition to adding weight to the projectile device, suchconfigurations add additional costs, effort and time in attachingequipment to projectile devices. The interfaces or adaptors are alsohighly customized, often rendering one type of interface not useful foranother make or model. This requires numerous models to be stocked byproviders and users to enable mounting of various equipment onprojectile devices.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,336,247 to Haering (hereinafter Haering) discloses aclamping system for mounting accessory devices onto a rail type mountsuch as a Picatinny rail that is characterized in that the clampingsystem comprises at least one body which is passed through by a crossbolt or a cross screw and wherein the cross bolt or cross screw have astop bar which engages in a cross slot when mounted to the rail of therail type mount. In contrast to the present adaptor, Haering's clampingsystem requires many parts and that its clamp be first meticulouslyaligned with a Picatinny rail before it can be secured to the railusing, among other parts, a locking lever, a safety catch, a cross bolt,a cross screw and an adjustment screw.

There arises a need for a light-weight universally suitable adaptor forsecuring an equipment to a projectile device that can be mounted orremoved without requiring tools or at least an adaptor for securing anequipment to a projectile device that can be mounted or removed withminimal amount of tools, effort and time. The ease with which a tool canbe used is especially critical with field applications, e.g., in combatsituations where tools may not be readily accessible or the users maynot have the time and safe locations to perform installation or removal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an adaptoradapted to be removably connected to a part selected from the groupconsisting of a scope, a Picatinny rail, a Weaver rail and a projectiledevice, the adaptor including a U-shaped housing including a mouthdefined by two edges at a first end, a second end disposed at anopposing end from the first end, an inner engaging surface extendingfrom each of the two edges towards the second end within a space definedby an opening of the U-shaped housing, each of the inner engagingsurfaces is resilient with respect to the housing and includes at leastone profile such that when coupled together, the inner engaging surfacesform a pair of engaging surfaces to secure the adaptor to the part.

In one embodiment, the adaptor further includes a beam emitter. In oneembodiment, the beam emitter further includes a ball and socketmechanism configured to be removably coupled to the U-shaped housing, abeam emitting device attached to the ball and socket mechanism, whereinthe direction of a beam from the beam emitting device is adjustable.

In one embodiment, the adaptor further includes a visual indicator.

In one embodiment, the pair of engaging surfaces includes curvedsurfaces. In one embodiment, the surfaces have a diameter of from about25 mm to about 30 mm. In one embodiment, the pair of engaging surfacesincludes brackets adapted to the longitudinal cross-sectional profile ofa Picatinny or Weaver rail.

In one embodiment, the mouth is configured to be tapered to facilitateengagement of the mouth and the part when the housing is pushed againstthe part.

The housing and the pair of engaging surfaces may be constructed frommetal, plastic or a resilient material.

In accordance with the present invention, there is further provided anadaptor adapted for removably connected to a part selected from thegroup consisting of a scope, a Picatinny rail, a Weaver rail and aprojectile device, the adaptor including a U-shaped plate including twoprongs forming a mouth at a first end of the plate and a resilientbridge connecting the two prongs at a second end of the plate, theresilient bridge configured to allow positional adjustment of the twoprongs, each prong including an inner engaging surface having at leastone profile such that when coupled together, the inner engaging surfacesform a pair of engaging surfaces to secure the adaptor to the part.

An object of the present invention is to provide a clamp for securing anequipment to a projectile device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a clamp for securing asecond equipment to a first equipment of a projectile device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a clamp for securing anequipment to a projectile device where the clamp can be removed ordeployed by hand and without a tool.

An object of the present invention is to provide a clamp for securing anequipment to a projectile device where the clamp can be removablyattached to or removed from a cylindrical-shaped equipment or Picatinnyor Weaver rail by hand and without a tool. An object of the presentinvention is to provide a clamp that can be adapted to various equipmentor rail.

Whereas there may be many embodiments of the present invention, eachembodiment may meet one or more of the foregoing recited objects in anycombination. It is not intended that each embodiment will necessarilymeet each objective. Thus, having broadly outlined the more importantfeatures of the present invention in order that the detailed descriptionthereof may be better understood, and that the present contribution tothe art may be better appreciated, there are, of course, additionalfeatures of the present invention that will be described herein and willform a part of the subject matter of this specification.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the manner in which the above-recited and other advantagesand objects of the invention are obtained, a more particular descriptionof the invention briefly described above will be rendered by referenceto specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appendeddrawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typicalembodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered tobe limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explainedwith additional specificity and detail through the use of theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of adaptors and scopes depicting theuse of two adaptors for securing one scope to another and one scope isbeing secured with an adaptor and the manner in which the two adaptorsare connected together.

FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of adaptors and scopes depicting theuse of two adaptors for securing one scope to another and both scopeshave been secured each by an adaptor.

FIG. 2A is a top perspective view of adaptors and scopes depicting theuse of four adaptors for securing one scope to another at twolongitudinal locations along each of the two scopes.

FIG. 3 is a front view of two adaptors depicting a configuration inwhich two adaptors are connected together and the mouth of each adaptoris further secured with a fastener.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor in which themouth of the adaptor is further secured with a fastener.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor that has beensecured to a scope in which the mouth of the adaptor is further securedwith a fastener.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor configured tobe secured to a Picatinny or Weaver rail.

FIG. 7 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor having beensecured to a Picatinny or Weaver rail.

FIG. 8 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor configured tobe securable to scopes of various outer diameters and a Picatinny orWeaver rail.

FIG. 9 is a front view of adaptors depicting a configuration in whichtwo adaptors are connected together and one adaptor is configured to beremovably secured to a scope and the other to a Picatinny or Weaverrail.

FIG. 10 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor.

FIG. 11 is a side cross-sectional view of a beam emitter.

FIG. 12 is a side cross-sectional view of a beam emitter.

FIG. 13 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor secured to a scope.

FIG. 14 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor secured to a scope of anotherdiameter.

FIG. 15 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor secured to a Picatinny or Weaverrail.

FIG. 16 is a front view of various adaptors used for securing a scope toa Picatinny or Weaver rail.

FIG. 17 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto a Picatinny or Weaver rail.

FIG. 18 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto the forestock of a projectile device.

FIG. 19 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto the forestock of a projectile device.

FIG. 20 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto the barrel of a projectile device.

FIG. 21 is a front view of one embodiment of an adaptor at rest.

FIG. 22 is a front view of one embodiment of an adaptor with its prongspulled apart.

FIG. 23 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of anindicating device attached to the adaptor.

PARTS LIST

-   2—adaptor-   4—scope, telescope or cylindrically-shaped equipment-   6—Picatinny or Weaver rail-   8—housing-   10—edge-   12—inner engaging surface-   14—threaded aperture-   16—aperture-   18—profile configured for cylinder-   20—profile configured for cylinder-   22—profile configured for Picatinny or Weaver rail-   24—beam emitter-   26—ball and socket mechanism-   28—central axis-   30—angle of adjustment-   32—forestock-   34—bridge-   36—mouth-   38—wedge-   40—screw-   42—nut-   44—gap-   46—barrel of projectile device-   48—prong-   50—platform-   52—projection plane-   54—projected indicator or visual indicator-   56—slide

PARTICULAR ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION

In one embodiment, a present adaptor can be secured to or removed from ascope, a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical-shaped part or a Picatinny orWeaver rail without tools or with minimal amount of tools. When usedwith a projectile device and as a present adaptor is easy to be removedor mounted, this encourages a user to remove an equipment to which theadaptor is attached when the equipment is not in use, removing thepotential harmful effects of recoil if shots are taken. Withoutunnecessary equipment, the weight of the projectile device is alsoreduced. In one embodiment, a present adaptor includes more than onepair of engaging surfaces where each pair is configured for removableattachment to a structure type and/or dimension, thereby reducing theneed for a dedicated adaptor for each part to which the adaptor isattached. A present adaptor can be mounted quickly to a barrel as theadaptor is mounted with its exposed mouth pushed against the barrel. Incontrast, a ring-like conventional adaptor is required to be dismantledas it is made up of two similar parts secured at two ends via fastenersbefore it can be mounted to a barrel as the barrel comes equipped withan iron sight which presents itself as a barrier to an attempt to simplyslide the ring-like conventional adaptor along the barrel.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The term “about” is used herein to mean approximately, roughly, around,or in the region of. When the term “about” is used in conjunction with anumerical range, it modifies that range by extending the boundariesabove and below the numerical values set forth. In general, the term“about” is used herein to modify a numerical value above and below thestated value by a variance of 20 percent up or down (higher or lower).

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of adaptors and scopes depicting theuse of two adaptors 2 for securing one scope to another and one scope isbeing secured with an adaptor 2 and the manner in which the two adaptors2 are connected together. FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of adaptorsand scopes depicting the use of two adaptors 2 for securing one scope 4to another and both scopes 4 have been secured each by an adaptor 2.Each adaptor 2 includes a U-shaped housing 8 having a mouth 36 definedby two edges 10 at a first end of the housing 8, a second end disposedat an opposing end from the first end of the housing 8, an innerengaging surface 12 extending from each of the two edges 11 towards thesecond end within a space defined by an opening of the U-shaped housing8. Each housing 8 provides a handhold for a user as the inner engagingsurfaces 12 are disposed within the space within the housing 8 and comein direct contact with an equipment or part the adaptor 2 is attachedto. In using each adaptor 2, an equipment or part to be secured to theadaptor is first aligned with the inner engaging surfaces 12 such thatthe exterior engaging surfaces of the equipment roughly align with theinner engaging surfaces 12. The equipment is then pushed against theadaptor 2 at the mouth 36 of adaptor 2. As each of the inner engagingsurfaces 12 is resilient with respect to the housing 8, the pair ofinner engaging surfaces “opens” up when they are forced against theequipment being inserted before being seated closing in to “hug” theequipment at their exterior surfaces as the shape of the exteriorsurfaces approximates that of the inner engaging surfaces 12. The mouth36 is configured to be tapered to facilitate engagement of the mouth 36and the equipment. The tapered mouth 36 aids in centering and guidingthe equipment at its curved surfaces 12 where the equipment iseventually seated within the curved surfaces 12. The equipment can be ascope, beam emitter or any equipment having exterior surfacesconstructed in a cylindrical shape. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1and 2, the two adaptors are simply connected together by using afastener pair, e.g., screw and nut through a hole disposed on the secondend of each adaptor 2. Other means of connecting the housing arepossible. In one embodiment, connecting parts, e.g., snaps, slides,locks are integrally built with each housing at the second end. It cantherefore be seen that if the bottom equipment 4 has already beensecured to a projectile device, the top equipment 4 can be simplysecured to the projectile device by being secured to the bottomequipment 4 using a pair of adaptors 2 connected at their respectivesecond end.

In one embodiment, the inner engaging surfaces 12 include a diameter offrom about 25 mm to about 30 mm. Most common scopes having an outerdiameter of 26 mm and 25.4 mm can be used with inner engaging surfaces12 of a diameter of closer to 25 mm while scopes having a larger outsidediameter of 30 mm can be properly secured with inner engaging surfacesof 30 mm in diameter.

In one embodiment, the housing and the pair of engaging surfaces of anadaptor is constructed from metal. Blanks may be stamped from a metalsheet followed by various steps which bend and impact the blanks to formthe final shape of the adaptors. Adaptors may also be extruded or moldedfrom a plastic or another resilient material which when formed, allowrelative yielding of the inner engaging surfaces with respect to thehousing.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 2, in the embodiment shown, an additionalsecuring mechanism is provided. In cases where a mounted adaptor isexpected to be affected by violent recoils, it is imperative to furthersecure a seated equipment. In one embodiment, a seated equipment isfurther secured in an adaptor by tightening the mouth of the adaptorabout the seated equipment. In one embodiment, a threaded aperture 14 isprovided near each edge 11 of the housing 8 and an aperture 16 isprovided on each portion of a mouth 36 at the first end to allow thepenetration of a fastener. In use, upon seating an equipment in anadaptor, the mouth is secured and tightened by running a fastener, e.g.,through a threaded aperture 14 near a first edge 11 of the housing 8, anaperture 16 of the portion of the mouth 36 associated with the firstedge, an aperture 16 of the portion of the mouth 36 associated with asecond edge 11 and finally a threaded aperture 14 near a second edge 11.In one embodiment, the threaded aperture 14 near the second edge 11 isfurther bolstered by incorporating a nut or a lengthened threadedportion. Other means for securing the mouth 36 are possible, e.g., viastraps and snaps (e.g., a snap portion disposed on a strap secured nearone edge of housing on the housing and a complementary snap portiondisposed on the housing near the opposing edge of the housing), strapsand hook and loop pieces, and the like.

FIG. 2A is a top perspective view of adaptors and scopes depicting theuse of four adaptors 2 for securing one scope 4 to another at twolongitudinal locations along each of the two scopes 4. In thisconfiguration, in addition to the increased rigidity in the spatialrelationship between the two scopes due to the additional supportafforded by the second pair of adaptors, the parallel relationshipbetween the scopes can be ascertained.

FIG. 3 is a front view of two adaptors depicting a configuration inwhich two adaptors are connected together and the mouth of each adaptoris further secured with a fastener. In this embodiment, the rigidity ofthe resulting unit of the combined adaptors is further increased byadding a wedge 38 to the second end of each housing. Also shown arescrew 40 and nut 42 pairs used for tightening the mouths of theadaptors. FIG. 4 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor inwhich the mouth of the adaptor is further secured with a fastener. FIG.5 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor that has beensecured to a scope in which the mouth of the adaptor is further securedwith a fastener. It shall be noted that the adjustments afforded thepresent adaptor comes in the form of gaps 44 between the inner engagingsurfaces 12 and the housing 8. Although the size of the mouth of anadaptor may change after an equipment has been seated in an adaptor, thechange is largely felt in the gaps 44. As such, the housing 8 is anexcellent handhold for the adaptor.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor configured tobe secured to a Picatinny or Weaver rail 6. FIG. 7 is a front view of anadaptor depicting an adaptor having been secured to a Picatinny orWeaver rail 6. In this embodiment, the pair of engaging surfaces 12 isconfigured in a profile 22 suitable for securing the adaptor 2 to therail 6, e.g., a pair of brackets adapted to the longitudinalcross-sectional profile of Picatinny or Weaver. Again, it shall beunderstood that the mouth 36 aids in guiding and centering the spacewithin the housing against the rail when the adaptor 2 is pushed againstthe rail 6.

FIG. 8 is a front view of an adaptor depicting an adaptor configured tobe securable to scopes of various outer diameters and a Picatinny orWeaver rail. In this embodiment, the inner engaging surfaces of adaptor2 includes three profiles 18, 20, 22. Surfaces of profile 18 aresuitable for engagement with a first diameter. Surfaces of profile 20are suitable for engagement with a second diameter that is larger thanthe first diameter. Surfaces of profile 22 are suitable for engagementwith a Picatinny or Weaver rail.

FIG. 9 is a front view of two adaptors depicting a configuration inwhich two adaptors are connected together and one adaptor is configuredto be removably secured to a scope and the other to a Picatinny orWeaver rail. It can be seen that as the profiles suitable to be securedto both a rail and a cylinder are available, there is no need for a userto stock adaptors of a specific equipment. No customized adaptors arenecessary. Further, no “converters,” or adaptors used for converting onesecuring interface to another is necessary.

FIG. 10 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor. FIG. 11 is a side cross-sectionalview of a beam emitter. FIG. 12 is a side cross-sectional view of a beamemitter. Beam emitters are used in applications where beams, e.g.,laser, are necessary to be projected to a target. An example applicationincludes the zeroing of a projectile device. Prior beam emitters areeither fixedly or removably secured to projectile devices and are notadjustable in their pointing direction. In the embodiment shown, thebeam emitter further includes a ball and socket mechanism 26 configuredto be removably coupled to the U-shaped housing 8, a beam emittingdevice 24 attached to the ball and socket mechanism 26, wherein thedirection of a beam from the beam emitting device 24 is adjustable,e.g., as shown in the angle 30 made between the central axis 28 (ordirection in which a beam is emitted) shown in FIG. 11 and the centralaxis 28 shown in FIG. 12. The ball and socket mechanism 26 isessentially a frame having a ball-shaped cavity adapted to hold a ballshaped sphere. The ball-shaped sphere includes a hole through which thecylindrically shaped beam emitting device 24 is inserted. Although theangle of adjustment is only limited by the outer dimensions of the beamemitting device 24 with respect to a frame of the ball and socketmechanism, the required adjustment is much more confined to only severaldegrees about the central axis 28 as shown in FIG. 11. In oneembodiment, the beam emitting device is configured to emit a singlebeam. In another embodiment, the beam emitter is configured to emit morethan one beam.

FIG. 13 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor secured to a scope. FIG. 14 is afront view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of a beam emitterattached to the adaptor secured to a scope of another diameter.Referring to FIGS. 8, 13 and 14, the beam emitter-equipped adaptor issecured to a scope having an outer diameter commensurate with profile 20as shown in FIG. 13 and profile 18 as shown in FIG. 14. Threadedapertures and apertures as described in connection with FIG. 1 and asshown in FIGS. 13 and 14 are advantageously positioned on the housing 8such that fasteners may be used without interfering with the seatedscopes 4.

FIG. 15 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of abeam emitter attached to the adaptor secured to a Picatinny or Weaverrail 6. It shall be noted that if desired, the adaptor 2 can be furthersecured to the rail by tightening the mouth of the adaptor and disposedthe fastener within a groove of the rail 6.

FIG. 16 is a front view of various adaptors used for securing a scope toa Picatinny or Weaver rail. First, a scope 4 is secured to a Picatinnyor Weaver rail 6 via a pair of adaptors joined at their respectivesecond ends. A beam emitter-equipped adaptor as shown in FIG. 10 is thensecured to the scope 4. As shown herein, various equipment may bemounted to rail 6 using a plurality of identical adaptors.

FIG. 17 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto a Picatinny or Weaver rail 6. It shall be noted that the rail 6 ismounted to the bottom of a forestock 32 of a projectile device and thebeam emitter-equipped adaptor is secured to the rail 6.

FIG. 18 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto the forestock 32 of a projectile device. It shall be noted that thebeam emitter-equipped adaptor is secured directly to a forestock 32 of aprojectile device.

FIG. 19 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto the forestock of a projectile device. It shall be noted that the beamemitter-equipped adaptor is secured directly to yet another forestock 32of yet another projectile device. Notice the different cross-sectionalshape of this forestock from the forestock shown in FIG. 18.

FIG. 20 is a front view of an adaptor used for securing a beam emitterto the barrel 46 of a projectile device. It shall be noted that the beamemitter-equipped adaptor is secured directly to a barrel 46 of aprojectile device.

FIG. 21 is a front view of one embodiment of an adaptor at rest. FIG. 22is a front view of one embodiment of an adaptor with its prongs 48pulled apart to demonstrate the manner in which the adaptor adjusts ifpushed against an equipment at its mouth. The adaptor includes aU-shaped plate including two prongs 48 forming a mouth 36 at a first endof the plate and a resilient bridge 34 connecting the two prongs 48 at asecond end of the plate. The resilient bridge 34 is configured to allowpositional adjustment of the two prongs 48. Each prong 48 includes aninner engaging surface having at least one profile such that whencoupled together, the inner engaging surfaces form a pair of engagingsurfaces to secure the adaptor to an equipment. Again an aperture 16 maybe disposed on the second end to enable the use of a fastener throughsuch aperture.

FIG. 23 is a front view of an adaptor and a cross-sectional view of anindicating device attached to the adaptor. Coupled with a projectiledevice, an indicating device can be used for superposing a distanttarget, marking or object. In the embodiment shown, the indicatingdevice essentially includes a projection plane 52 upon which a visualindicator 54 is projected. The position of the visual indicator 54relative to a projectile device to which the indicating device ismounted or relative to another equipment, e.g., a scope, can be adjustedvia adjustment in the position of the visual indicator 54 on theprojection plane 52 and a height-adjusting mechanism, e.g., a slide 56.

The detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings that show,by way of illustration, specific aspects and embodiments in which thepresent disclosed embodiments may be practiced. These embodiments aredescribed in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art topractice aspects of the present invention. Other embodiments may beutilized, and changes may be made without departing from the scope ofthe disclosed embodiments. The various embodiments can be combined withone or more other embodiments to form new embodiments. The detaileddescription is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and thescope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims,with the full scope of equivalents to which they may be entitled. Itwill be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that anyarrangement that is calculated to achieve the same purpose may besubstituted for the specific embodiments shown. This application isintended to cover any adaptations or variations of embodiments of thepresent invention. It is to be understood that the above description isintended to be illustrative, and not restrictive, and that thephraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose ofdescription and not of limitation. Combinations of the above embodimentsand other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art uponstudying the above description. The scope of the present disclosedembodiments includes any other applications in which embodiments of theabove structures and fabrication methods are used. The scope of theembodiments should be determined with reference to the appended claims,along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims areentitled.

1. An adaptor adapted to be removably connected to a part, said adaptorcomprising a U-shaped resilient housing comprising a mouth defined bytwo edges at a first end of said resilient housing, a second enddisposed at an opposing end from said first end of said resilienthousing, an inner resilient engaging surface extending from each of saidtwo edges within said resilient housing towards said second end within aspace defined by an opening of said resilient housing, each of saidresilient engaging surfaces is configured to yield with respect to saidresilient housing and each of said resilient engaging surfaces comprisesbrackets adapted to the longitudinal cross-sectional profile of a railstyle selected from the group consisting of Picatinny and Weaver andwhen said mouth is urged towards the part, said mouth opens beforeclosing to hug the part to secure the part within said brackets of saidresilient engaging surfaces.
 2. The adaptor of claim 1, furthercomprising a laser beam emitter.
 3. The adaptor of claim 2, said beamemitter further comprises a ball and socket mechanism configured to beremovably coupled to said resilient housing, a beam emitting deviceattached to said ball and socket mechanism, wherein the direction of abeam from said beam emitting device is adjustable.
 4. The adaptor ofclaim 1, wherein said pair of engaging surfaces comprises curvedsurfaces.
 5. The adaptor of claim 4, wherein said curved surfacesinclude a diameter of from about 25 mm to about 30 mm.
 6. (canceled) 7.The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said mouth tapered to facilitateengagement of said mouth and the part.
 8. The adaptor of claim 1,further comprising a visual indicator.
 9. An adaptor adapted forsecuring a first part to a second part, said adaptor comprising aU-shaped resilient housing comprising a mouth defined by two edges at afirst end of said resilient housing, a second end disposed at anopposing end from said first end of said resilient housing, an innerresilient engaging surface extending from each of said two edges withinsaid resilient housing towards said second end within a space defined byan opening of said resilient housing, each of said resilient engagingsurfaces is configured to yield with respect to said resilient housingand each of said resilient engaging surfaces comprises brackets adaptedto the longitudinal cross-sectional profile of a rail style selectedfrom the group consisting of Picatinny and Weaver and when said mouth isurged towards the second part, said mouth opens before closing to hugthe second part to secure the second part within said brackets of saidresilient engaging surfaces and the first part is attached to saidresilient housing.
 10. The adaptor of claim 9, wherein the first part isa laser beam emitter.
 11. The adaptor of claim 10, said beam emitterfurther comprises a ball and socket mechanism configured to be removablycoupled to said resilient housing, a beam emitting device attached tosaid ball and socket mechanism, wherein the direction of a beam fromsaid beam emitting device is adjustable.
 12. The adaptor of claim 9,wherein said pair of engaging surfaces comprises curved surfaces. 13.The adaptor of claim 12, wherein said curved surfaces include a diameterof from about 25 mm to about 30 mm.
 14. (canceled)
 15. The adaptor ofclaim 9, wherein said mouth is tapered to facilitate engagement of saidmouth and the second part.
 16. The adaptor of claim 9, furthercomprising a visual indicator.
 17. An adaptor adapted to be removablyconnected to a part, said adaptor comprising a U-shaped plate comprisingtwo prongs forming a mouth at a first end of said plate and a resilientbridge connecting said two prongs at a second end of said plate, saidresilient bridge configured to allow adjustment of the size of saidmouth, each prong comprising an inner engaging surface having bracketsadapted to the longitudinal cross-sectional profile of a rail styleselected from the group consisting of Picatinny and Weaver and when saidmouth is urged towards the part, said mouth opens before closing to hugthe part to secure the part within said brackets of said inner engagingsurfaces.
 18. The adaptor of claim 17, further comprising a laser beamemitter.
 19. The adaptor of claim 17, further comprising a visualindicator.
 20. (canceled)